Latest Florida Headlines
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Semitrailer Crashes Into Florida Landmark in Orlando
Dec 24 2019 // A semitrailer plowed into a historic inn south of Orlando early Sunday, causing major damage but no apparent injuries. Photos show that the truck ran through the wall of the Desert Inn and a portion of the building...
BRP Group to Acquire Lanier Upshaw of Florida
Dec 23 2019 // BRP Group, Inc., an independent insurance distribution firm based in Florida, announced that Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners, LLC, a subsidiary of BRP Group, has entered into an agreement to acquire substantially all...
Citizens to Evaluate Policyholder Count as Florida Market Conditions Tighten
Dec 20 2019 // Florida’s insurer of last resort Citizens Property Insurance Corporation will make shrinking its policyholder count a priority next year, despite potential headwinds that may come from Florida domestic carriers...
Newly Opened Pothole Damages 30 Cars in Florida
Dec 20 2019 // As many as 30 vehicles were damaged when they hit a pothole that opened up in the center lane of Interstate 4 near Orlando on Tuesday night, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Troopers and officers from other agencies...
Neptune Flood of Florida Hires Eckstein as Executive Director
Dec 19 2019 // Florida-based insurtech, Neptune Flood Incorporated has hired Jean-Luc Eckstein has been hired as executive director. Eckstein joins Neptune Flood from Fortune 500 technology provider, CDW, where he sold software and...
Florida City Faces $1M Ransom by Hackers
Dec 17 2019 // A Florida city confirmed Friday that hackers seeking to extort money were responsible for crippling its computer systems earlier this week but officials have yet to decide whether they will pay a reported $1 million...
Florida Auto Insurer Windhaven Placed Into Rehabilitation
Dec 17 2019 // The future of another Florida domestic insurer is now in the hands of state regulators. Non-standard private passenger auto insurer Windhaven Insurance Co. (WIC), based in Miami, has been placed into rehabilitation by a...
Special Report: The Charity Issue – Photos of Giving
Dec 16 2019 // Frank Winston Crum Insurance FWCI has an enterprise philosophy of philanthropy with a primary focus on helping people who cannot help themselves. FWCI has supported the Tampa Bay community for more than a decade with a...
Judge Approves $103M Settlement for Florida Bridge Collapse Victims
Dec 16 2019 // The families of six people killed, along with 10 people injured, when a bridge collapsed at a Miami university are set to receive a nearly $103 million settlement. Judge A. Jay Cristol, with U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Miami,...
Tornado Causes Minor Damage in Florida
Dec 16 2019 // Weather officials say a tornado caused minor damage after it touched down in Florida and traveled about 20 miles. According to the National Weather Service in Jacksonville, the tornado touched down early Saturday morning...
NTSB: Oversight Could Have Prevented Miami Bridge Collapse
Dec 16 2019 // By Adriana Gomez Licon A Miami university bridge that collapsed and killed six people while under construction had basic flaws that should have been caught before it was built, federal officials said last month. The...
Florida Reports Second Vaping-Related Death, Increase in illnesses
Dec 13 2019 // The Florida Department of Health says a second person in Florida has died due to complications from vaping. The Orlando Sentinel reported Wednesday that the department also reported a slight increase in the number of...
Florida Officials Plan to Raise $100M for Reef Restoration in Florida Keys
Dec 13 2019 // Federal officials have announced plans to raise $100 million to fund projects to restore seven significant coral reef sites in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. “Mission: Iconic Reefs” calls for...
Burns & Wilcox Promotes Heaner in Florida
Dec 13 2019 // Burns & Wilcox has promoted John Heaner to associate managing director from underwriting manager, commercial insurance. Heaner is based in the Burns & Wilcox Tampa, Fla., office Heaner will oversee and manage...
Law Enforcement Investigating Cyberattack on Florida City Where Navy Attack Occurred
Dec 11 2019 // Federal authorities are investigating a cyberattack on the city of Pensacola, Florida, home to the naval air station where a Saudi flight student killed three sailors and wounded eight others on Friday. Mayor Grover...
Southeast Insurance Chiefs Farmer, Altmaier Elected to Top NAIC Posts
Dec 11 2019 // South Carolina Department of Insurance Director Ray Farmer and Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier have been elected to the positions of president and president-elect, respectively, of the NAIC (National...
Gold 2019 Best Agency to Work For – Southeast: Acentria Insurance
Dec 10 2019 // A Growing Agency With a Small Business Feel Florida-based Acentria Insurance has been busy since its founding by industry veteran Kendall McEachern in 2010. The personal and commercial lines agency has acquired several...
Florida-Based Neptune Flood Realigns Leadership Team
Dec 9 2019 // Neptune Flood, based in St. Petersburg Fla., has realigned its leadership team, announcing that its CEO and chairman are switching roles. Trevor Burgess will assume the role of CEO and Jim Albert will take on the role of...
Scientists Forecast Faster Rising Seas in South Florida
Dec 9 2019 // New scientific projections released Wednesday predict that ocean levels will rise even faster than previously forecast over the next four decades in low-lying southeastern Florida, which is already prone to frequent...
Worldwide Facilities Acquires Risk Management Advisory Group of Florida
Dec 6 2019 // Worldwide Facilities, LLC, a national wholesale insurance brokerage, managing general agency and program manager, has acquired Risk Management Advisory Group (RMAG), a managing wholesale broker based in Miami Lakes, Fla.,...
